By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS During the 300 years of Spanish rule following Hernán Cortés’ conquest of Tenochtitlán in 1521, the people of Mexico suffered the indignities of imported smallpox epidemics, forced labor and imposed religious conversions. The disenfranchised indigenous Mexica, Maya, Zapotec and Toltec civilizations were stripped of their heritage and land, and what properties were not claimed by the
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS For the last 12 years, the U.S.-based direct-sales cosmetic and personal care products company Avon México has sponsored an annual walk and run to raise money for and awareness about breast cancer, which is the Number One cause of cancer deaths for Mexican women, affecting about one in every eight in their lifetime. This year will be
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By RICARDO CASTILLO The personal security of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has been a subject of intense debate since he was sworn in on Dec. 1. His first act as president was to do away with the protection from the Mexican Army that presidents had enjoyed since 1934, when a special guard made up of at least
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By THE PULSE NEWS STAFF … After former Fox said armed assailants attacked his home, López Obrado reversed himself on providing protection to his predecessors…
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By RICARDO CASTILLO Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador(AMLO) is currently preparing his report on his first 100 days in office. The precise day will be Sunday, March 10, but he’s already announced that he will instead blow his own horn on Monday, March 11, during his daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. Last Wednesday,March
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By RICARDO CASTILLO There’s a growing concern among most Mexicans over President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) disdain for personal security. Friends and political opponents agree that the lax security that has surrounded him for the little over two months he’s been in office has to be reinforced. The president’s problem is that he considers himself to be just one more
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF A cloth banner painted with threats to the life of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was found just outside the Salamanca refinery in the central state of Guanajuato, presidential spokesperson Jesús Ramírez Cuevas said on Thursday, Jan. 31. The banner, which was found by local police, was allegedly signed by the assumed
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS India is now Mexico’s eighth-largest trade partner, with a combined commercial exchange of more than $10 billion in 2018, according to that country’s diplomatic envoy to Mexico. “Last year marked a significant growth in both our trade and investment ties with Mexico,” said Indian Ambassador to Mexico Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi during his official welcome speech at his
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Six Mexican governors from the states most direly affected by gasoline shortages — and which, coincidentally, are also from parties other than President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s left-leaning National Regeneration Movement (Morena) – met with Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) Octavio Romero Oropeza, Energy Secretary Rocío Nahle García and Public Safety Secretary Alfonso Durazo Montaño on
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF While gasoline shortages in some parts of Mexico – particularly in Mexico City – caused by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) all-out offensive to stop fuel thefts at any cost – have finally begun to subside as a fleet of guarded tankers begins to meet demand, Guanajuato Governor Diego Sinhué Rodríguez Vallejo has
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